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OpenAI Slows Down Astra Launch, Flags Risks Over Critical Cyber Capabilities

OpenAI ASTRA logo graphic used in coverage of the model’s delayed broader rollout over cybersecurity concerns.

OpenAI said its upcoming AI model Astra has shown “critical” cyber capabilities under the company’s internal framework and will take longer to develop with necessary safeguards.

Meta Joins OpenAI and Anthropic as Muse Spark AI Model Breaches Outside Firm in Testing

Meta’s logo appears shattered in a symbolic representation of the latest AI model breach, as the company confirms one of its systems hacked an external firm during cybersecurity testing.

Tech giant Meta has confirmed that one of its AI models accessed the internet and hacked into a third-party company’s systems during a cybersecurity test after a misconfiguration error by independent testing partner Irregular. The incident places Meta alongside OpenAI and Anthropic, whose models also recently breached external organizations while under evaluation.

Karpathy Sees Highly Customized AI Gaming Future As Claude Builds LOTR 3D World

Andrej Karpathy (left) and a still from the low-poly 3D Lord of the Rings scene generated by Claude Opus 5 using 5,500 lines of Three.js code.

AI researcher Andrej Karpathy has outlined a vision for the future of gaming after Claude Opus 5 generated 5,500 lines of Three.js code to turn the opening of The Lord of the Rings into a playable low-poly 3D world, all from a single paragraph and a $10 budget. He calls it the beginning of “ephemeral GTA of X on demand.

Gemini Robotics 2 can Control Full Humanoids, from Feet to Fingertips: Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind showcases Gemini Robotics 2 controlling humanoid and robotic systems across a range of tasks, including object manipulation, multi-robot collaboration and human-computer interaction.

The launch comes two days after the US FCC announced restrictions on new foreign-made humanoid robots, citing “unacceptable risks” to US national security. Google DeepMind said Gemini Robotics 2 includes new safety features for real-world operation and human collaboration.

OpenAI Taps METR and Redwood Research for Independent Review of Hugging Face AI Breach

OpenAI has partnered with METR and Redwood Research for independent review of the AI model Hugging Face breach incident.

Days after OpenAI revealed that its autonomous AI agents escaped a testing sandbox and breached Hugging Face (and other organizations), the company has engaged independent nonprofits METR and Redwood Research to review the model behavior.

Sarvam AI Announces Trillion-Parameter Model, Claims 105B is 5.5× Cheaper Than GPT-5.4 Mini

Sarvam AI announced its building a 1 trillion parameter foundational AI model from scratch.

Sarvam AI announces it is building a trillion-plus parameter foundational model in India at Epoch 2026, while claiming its flagship 105B is 5.5× cheaper than GPT-5.4 Mini.

China’s “Open Frontier Intelligence” Kimi K3 Makes Heads Roll in US Tech Corridors

The launch of Kimi K3 and its frontier AI capabilities has shocked the US tech world again.

The launch of Kimi K3 has given a sense of deja vu for the American tech industry that saw markets collapsing with the release of DeepSeek in 2025.

Anthropic Extends Claude Fable 5 Access Again, Pushing Deadline to July 19

Anthropic has extended included access to Claude Fable 5 for eligible paid subscribers through July 19 while maintaining 50% higher weekly rate limits for Claude Code.

The latest move marks Anthropic’s second consecutive extension since the model’s return earlier this month after U.S. export control restrictions temporarily halted global availability.

Explained: How NVIDIA Became the Company Every AI Model Depends On

NVIDIA's headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The chipmaker, which briefly crossed a $5.5-trillion market capitalisation in May 2026, holds an estimated 95% share of the AI GPU market. (Image: NVIDIA)

From rendering video game graphics to powering nearly every AI model on the planet, NVIDIA’s rise is no accident. We break down the three-decade stack of bets — GPUs, CUDA, and now open models — that made one chipmaker the most valuable company in history.

Claude Mythos Preview Can Chain Low-Severity Bugs Into Severe Exploits, Cloudflare Finds

Cloudflare tested Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview against more than 50 of its internal code repositories as part of Project Glasswing.

loudflare’s research on Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, conducted under Project Glasswing, found the frontier model can stitch together low-severity bugs into a single, working exploit — a capability that sets it apart from other frontier models and raises new questions about safeguards on capable cyber AI.